[Morkilus]

I didn't start with Cave Wheat or Sweet Pods, and there seems to be no way to get it (with this version) from the caravans. It's listed in Things to Do for the dev for the dwarven traders to carry more than Pigtail Cloth and useless stuff like that. You should be able to get Plump Helmets from them, which are pretty much all you need for food and liquor purposes. If you have enough horses you can live off their meat; just be sure leave some males and females to keep production up. As for hunting... it takes a bit of micromanagement at the moment. You might have to turn on "collect outside refuse" option for the dwarves to pick up downed foxes and deer.

Always keep in mind that there's a new version pretty much every week!